Computer Problem

chrismelling · 29 Oct 2008 at 14:34

I have had my computer for around a year now and its been working perfectly but over the last month my computer has started crashing more and more and its only happening when i am playing games.

It does it at completely random points in whatever game i am playing, This am go from graphics monsters like fallout 3 to basic ones like garrysmod. Everytime it will just freeze up, The only thing that you can do it holding the powerbutton in to make it restart.

Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening or do i have a piece of hardware that is clearly on its last legs?

mpj88 · 29 Oct 2008 at 15:04

could you post you're system specs? Have you tried running prime to see if your system is stable? Check your memory. Have you oc anything?

redeye_uk · 29 Oct 2008 at 15:10

Does sound like a memory issue. But as mentioned above it would be helpful if you could post your system specs

chrismelling · 29 Oct 2008 at 15:14

Windows: Windows NT6.0 (Build 6000)
Internet Explorer: 7.0.6000.16757
Memory (RAM): 3070 MB
CPU Info: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPU Speed: 2399.5 MHz
Sound card: Speakers (High Definition Audio
Display Adapters: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | RDPDD Chained DD | RDP Encoder Mirror Driver
Monitors: 2
Screen Resolution: 1680 X 1050 - 32 bit
Network: Network Present
Network Adapters: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller #2 | NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
CD / DVD Drives: D: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-215
COM Ports: NOT Present
LPT Ports: NOT Present
Mouse: 16 Button Wheel Mouse Present
Hard Disks: C: 232.9GB | E: 232.9GB
Hard Disks - Free: C: 77.6GB | E: 97.3GB
USB Controllers: 2 host controllers.
Firewire (1394): Not Detected
PCMCIA (Laptops): Not Installed
Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Product Make: System Product Name
AC Power Status: OnLine
BIOS Info:
Time Zone: GMT Standard Time
Battery: No Battery
Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5N32-E SLI
Modem: Not detected
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mpj88 · 29 Oct 2008 at 15:16

hav you checked the memory?

hp7909 · 29 Oct 2008 at 15:23

So, no BSOD?

Get SpeedFan to monitor temps & Memtest to test the memory at boot-up (more here)

chrismelling · 29 Oct 2008 at 15:31

hp7909 said:
So, no BSOD?

Get SpeedFan to monitor temps & Memtest to test the memory at boot-up (more here)

I am going to run SpeedFan now and see if it crashes but i cannot use Memtest because i am at uni and i didn't bring any Cd's to burn too.

mpj88 · 29 Oct 2008 at 15:36

download prime 95 and run blend that tests mostly the memory and some people consider it better than memtest

chrismelling · 29 Oct 2008 at 16:59

mpj88 said:
download prime 95 and run blend that tests mostly the memory and some people consider it better than memtest

Just download prime 95 and the only program that can extract is winall and the only website that you are able to download it from is down.